Who’s right: West or Black Caucus?

U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, is well armed in any war of words. His rhetoric inspires his supporters and disgusts his detractors.

You might not think the man who called Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, the “most vile, unprofessional and despicable member of the U.S. House of Representatives” has a lot of room to criticize some else’s rhetoric.

But Rep. West has threatened to resign from the Congressional Black Caucus if it doesn’t repudiate recent comments from members, such as Andre Carson, D-Ind., which claim that Republicans and members of the tea party “would love to see you and me … hanging on a tree.”

In another example that offended Rep. West, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said, “As far as I’m concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell.”

Rep. West called such comments “racist” as well as “baseless and desperate.”

Who do you think is right? Rep. West or Black Caucus members critical of the tea party? Take our poll.